Thecollegeadmissionsprocessisgettingmoreandmorecompetitive.Kidswilldoanythingtogetintoschools—andschoolswilldoanythingtoattractkids.Fromcheatingtolying,wefoundalltheworstadmissionsscandalstodate.Soasweheadintocollegeapplicationseason,herearethingsstudentsandadmissionsofficersalikeshouldn’tdo.
1.Asmanyas50studentscheatontheSATinLongIsland
StudentsatGreatNeckNorthHighSchoolwerepaidasmu...[
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天下没有不爱自己孩子的父母,可有的父母却爱错了孩子——对孩子百依百顺,要什么有什么,结果却得不到孩子半点感激……是啊,这样的现象很普遍,要想让孩子也懂得爱父母,关键要让孩子学会感恩。
父母爱孩子没有错,但也要让付出有回报,不要让孩子觉得父母爱他们是理所当然的。感恩之心是一切道德的起源。父母要为孩子营造一个感恩的环境[
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如果雨天听这些是不是能消缺狠多忧烦...
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DemonstratorscrowdedthesidewalkoutsidetheU.S.SupremeCourtonTuesdayasthejusticestookonthehot-buttonissueofaffirmativeaction,hearingoralargumentsinacaseaboutMichigan'svoter-backedbanonusingraceasacriterionincollegeadmissions.
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MITTechnolgyReview
MaryLouJepsen,headofthedisplaydivisionforGoogle’snotoriouslysecrethardwareinnovationlab,GoogleX–whichisbuildingtheGoogleGlasshead-worncomputer–tookthestageatEmTechThursdaytotalkaboutinnovation,creativity,and,naturally,wearablecomputing.WhileJepsenapologizedafewtimesforbeingunabletodivulgewhat,specifically,she’sworkingonoveratGoogle(“Sergeyinsist...[
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U.S.News
MosthighschoolstudentsarefamiliarwiththeSATandspendconsiderabletimegettingreadyfortheexam.However,beforetheyeversitfortheSAT,manywilltakethePreliminarySAT/NationalMeritScholarshipQualifyingTest,astandardizedtestcosponsoredbytheCollegeBoardandNationalMeritScholarshipCorporation.Manytakethistestwithoutdoinganythingtoprepare.Unfortunately,studentsoftenassumetheexamisjustapracticetestthat...[
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Forbes
StudentsattheCooperUnionfortheAdvancementofSciencesinNewYorkCityarestillprotestingtheschool’sdecisiontostartchargingupto50%ofitsannual$38,000tuitionfee.Sinceitwasfoundedin1859,ithadcoveredtotaltuitionforallofitsapproximately1,000students.ButinApril,administratorsannouncedthatfinancialdemandsmadeitimpossibletocontinuethepolicy.StudentssubsequentlystagedanoccupationofPresidentJamshe...[
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ALEKSSENNWALD
ByBRUCEFEILER
October11,2013
Nowthattheschoolyearisunderway,mywifeandIarebusymanagingourchildren’safter-schoolschedules,mixingsportspractices,musiclessons,homeworkandplaydates.Itcanbeacomplicatedbalancingactforourelementary-agedaughters,assomedaysendupoverstuffed,somelogisticallyimpossible,somewideopen.Still,comparedtowhenwewerechild...[
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2015年春季开始,美国ACT大学入学测验的作答将电脑化,但在实施初期,参加学测的高中生仍可用纸笔作答。
《纽约时报》报导,ACT主席艾利克森(JonErickson)表示,“我们正朝向电脑化方向前进,但在可预见的未来,我们仍给那些科技设备不足的学校提供纸笔作答。我们也可能允许学生选用纸笔,但有趣的是学生比较喜欢用电脑作答。”
据统计,2012年有一百七十[
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